31. In Love

CENRIC

“Are you fucking insane?” Beck bellowed. “You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. I just told you he became distrustful and paranoid since you hired Devin. He thought you were one of the moles in his organization. And here you are planning on meeting that son of a bitch!”

“He’d be more suspicious if I won’t meet him. And I know I can depend on you, and you’ll watch my six, right?”

His nose flared as his face flushed in anger. “Since when I didn’t, asshole? You’re such a pain in my fucking ass.”

“Then that sounds like a plan.”

“Damn it, Cenric. I have already lost two of my brothers. Don’t fucking make it three. Is it really worth it?”

I looked at him right into his dark eyes. “I’m not doing this for what happened to Doctor Yelena or for her. I need to end this. I’m doing this for our brothers and myself. And I know I can do something right so that they didn’t die in vain, and we are going to help save many lives. You know that.”

“And you’ll die in the end, instead. That’s so fuckin